“The facts tell the real story, that they committed this crime. They intended to kill a cop to get away. If they just look at the facts impassionately, it’s a guilty verdict on the top charge. That’s what they meant to do, that’s what they did and Pride needs to go behind bars for the rest of his life,” he said.

During his closing argument, Taub said while the defendant’s intent may have been to get away from a bungled robbery, he was also intent on killing any police officer who got in his way.

“He was a coward. He wanted to get away, he would do anything including killing a cop to get away and, after the fact, he’ll tell any story to get leniency, to say ‘I didn’t mean to do this.’ That’s a lie, too. He carried that weapon, had his finger on the trigger, used that weapon, pointed it at a police officer’s head and killed Peter Figoski,” said Lynch.